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Tuning In (Week 1) 11-25th April
¡ What do we know about this topic?
¡ What do we know about our questions?
¡ What do we need to know?
¡ What could an answer be?
¡ What are the phases of the inquiry process?
¡ What are some possible ideas about the topic that we are interested in?
¡ How do we know it?
¡ What are we feeling?
¡ How are our feelings likely to change during our inquiry process?

FINDING OUT (Week 2) 2ndMay
¡ What kinds of resources might help?
¡ Where do we find them?
¡ How do we know the information is valid?
¡ Who is responsible for the information?
¡ What other information is there?
¡ What search words/approaches are most useful?
¡ What are we feeling at this phase about our inquiry?
¡ How can we deal with these feelings in ways that will enhance our success?

SORTING OUT (Week 3) 9th May
¡ What information is relevant to our questions?
¡ What parts support out answers?
¡ How does it relate to what else we know?
¡ What parts do not support our answers?
¡ Does it raise new questions?
¡ What are we feeling about our inquiry at this phase?
¡ How have our feelings changed since the beginning of our research?

GOING FURTHER (Week 4) 16th May
¡ How might we organise our information and ideas?
¡ What is important to know about the presentation format we are using?
¡ How do we know when our research is finished?
¡ How do we feel about the amount of information that we have collected?
¡ What are we feeling now that we must create a product to share?
¡ Are we satisfied with our creation?

MAKING CONCLUSIONS (Week 5) 23rd May
¡ What is our main point we wish to make?
¡ Who is our audience?
¡ How does it connect to what we are studying?
¡ How do we use media to express our message?
¡ What are we feeling at this phase?
¡ How do we feel about our audience’s response?

TAKING ACTION (Week 6) 30th May
¡ What have we learned about the topic?
¡ Why is it important to engage in inquiry?
¡ What have we learned that we can use elsewhere?
¡ How have our feelings changed throughout the inquiry process?
¡ What was the highlight of this inquiry?

by: ana maria naranjo!!